The Fear Index: A Thriller

By Robert Harris

Book Overview

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - From the acclaimed author of Conclave and Dictator comes a "taut thriller" (Newsweek) that forces us to confront the question of what it means to be human in a high-tech world

"Timely, expertly executed. . . . Foreboding runs through the system of the book like an IV drip." --USA Today

Dr. Alex Hoffmann stays out of the public spotlight, but within the secretive inner circles of the ultra-rich he is a legend. And now he has developed a revolutionary form of artificial intelligence that predicts movements in the financial markets with uncanny accuracy. As a result, his Geneva-based hedge fund is poised to make billions.

But one morning before dawn, a sinister intruder breaches the elaborate security of his lakeside mansion. So begins a waking nightmare of paranoia and violence as Hoffmann attempts, with increasing desperation, to discover who is trying to destroy him.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0307948110
• ISBN13: 9780307948113
• Release Date: August 2012
• Publisher: Vintage
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.2" x 8.0"